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The home where Erik and Lyle Menendez brutally murdered their parents just sold for big money … and coincidentally, the transaction closed on a case-related anniversary.
According to the Los Angeles Times … the mansion sold for $17 million on Wednesday just a couple months after being put on the market in December.
The home contains seven bedrooms, a pool, a tennis court, and a two-story guest house. It was purchased for $3.7 million in 2001 — a pretty impressive ROI for the previous owner. Realtor.com reports the house sold for under its prevailing market value — perhaps unsurprising given the grizzly events that took place there.
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As we said — the sale of the house just so happened to fall exactly 28 years after Erik and Lyle were convicted of first-degree murder for killing their parents, Jose and Kitty, with a shotgun. They were convicted on March 20, 1996.
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Of course, the Menendez case received a whole bunch of media attention last year after the release of the docuseries “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed” in which a member of the band Menudo claimed Jose Menendez had raped him while he was a teen.
Erik and Lyle’s attorney Mark Geragos was pushing for a new trial based on the claim … and, though that hasn’t happened yet, it definitely renewed interest in the case.
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No word yet on who the buyer might be … but, it looks like they bagged themselves one heck of a property — with one heck of an ugly history. Good luck!
